Resource Allocation Contracts

Resource Allocation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Resource Allocation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 445 555 706
Rank change year-on-year +110 +151 -154
Contract jobs citing Resource Allocation 154 136 148
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.27% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 94 93
10th Percentile £306 £369 £355
25th Percentile £375 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +21.95%
75th Percentile £575 £669 £638
90th Percentile £700 £768 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +50.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile £16.80 £27.71 £38.80
25th Percentile £22.34 £34.67 £39.63
Median hourly rate £23.00 £47.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.58% +13.10% +46.09%
75th Percentile £30.16 £54.38 £48.38
90th Percentile - £57.75 £51.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 -
% change year-on-year -58.33% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Resource Allocation is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,910 49,947 79,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.25% 89.66% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,591 34,538 56,189
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £648
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,563 1,686 1,877
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.54 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +38.82% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Resource Allocation
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Resource Allocation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation.

Daily rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Resource Allocation.

Hourly rate trend for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Resource Allocation over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Resource Allocation in the UK

Resource Allocation
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Resource Allocation within the UK over the 6 months to 8 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +116 129 £508 -3.33% 168
UK excluding London +55 74 £475 -5.00% 133
London +86 63 £556 +5.95% 43
Work from Home +118 51 £463 -10.41% 131
South East +8 20 £475 +5.56% 23
Midlands +32 18 £500 +233.33% 33
West Midlands +20 15 £500 +233.33% 16
North of England +20 11 £450 -35.71% 32
East of England +6 8 £500 +17.65% 12
Scotland +42 6 £265 - 12
South West +15 6 £500 -6.98% 19
North West +9 6 £450 -35.71% 18
Wales +19 4 £325 -16.67% 3
East Midlands - 3 £355 - 17
Yorkshire +15 1 - - 10
North East - 1 - - 4
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

Resource Allocation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.60%) Confluence
1 4 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.65%) Anypoint
Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.30%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.65%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (5.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.30%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.65%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.65%) JDE EnterpriseOne
3 1 (0.65%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.65%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 23 (14.94%) Azure
2 10 (6.49%) WhatsApp
3 8 (5.19%) AWS
4 5 (3.25%) Azure API Management
5 4 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.30%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (1.30%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.30%) SaaS
7 2 (1.30%) Serverless
8 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.65%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.65%) GCP
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.65%) Smartsheet
8 1 (0.65%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.90%) VPN
2 4 (2.60%) LAN
2 4 (2.60%) Network Security
2 4 (2.60%) WAN
3 2 (1.30%) Firewall
3 2 (1.30%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.30%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.30%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.65%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.95%) SAP HANA
2 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
2 2 (1.30%) DB2
2 2 (1.30%) Power BI
3 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (7.79%) JIRA
2 3 (1.95%) JMeter
2 3 (1.95%) LoadRunner
2 3 (1.95%) Postman
3 1 (0.65%) Selenium
General
1 81 (52.60%) Social Skills
2 52 (33.77%) Finance
3 30 (19.48%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.79%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.84%) Retail
6 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.90%) Legal
7 6 (3.90%) Local Government
8 5 (3.25%) Marketing
8 5 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.60%) Banking
10 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.30%) Dutch Language
11 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.30%) Law
11 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Aviation
12 1 (0.65%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 72 (46.75%) Project Manager
2 18 (11.69%) IT Manager
3 15 (9.74%) IT Project Manager
4 14 (9.09%) Lead
5 10 (6.49%) Analyst
5 10 (6.49%) Programme Manager
6 8 (5.19%) Coordinator
6 8 (5.19%) Project Coordinator
6 8 (5.19%) Senior
7 6 (3.90%) Consultant
7 6 (3.90%) Technical Manager
7 6 (3.90%) Technical Project Manager
8 5 (3.25%) Architect
9 4 (2.60%) Security Manager
9 4 (2.60%) Senior Manager
9 4 (2.60%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (2.60%) Test Manager
10 3 (1.95%) Business Analyst
10 3 (1.95%) SAP Manager
10 3 (1.95%) Security Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.95%) Swagger
2 1 (0.65%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.65%) GraphQL
2 1 (0.65%) Middleware
2 1 (0.65%) Node.js
2 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.65%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.25%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.95%) Biopharmaceutical
2 3 (1.95%) Data Centre
2 3 (1.95%) Replication
2 3 (1.95%) Robotics
2 3 (1.95%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.30%) CCTV
3 2 (1.30%) FMCG
3 2 (1.30%) LPAR
3 2 (1.30%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.30%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.65%) Life Science
4 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.65%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.65%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.60%) Windows
2 3 (1.95%) Linux
3 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.30%) zOS
4 1 (0.65%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (57.14%) Project Management
2 50 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (24.68%) Risk Management
4 36 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (22.08%) Project Delivery
6 33 (21.43%) Budget Management
7 29 (18.83%) Agile
7 29 (18.83%) Project Planning
8 25 (16.23%) PRINCE2
9 24 (15.58%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
10 23 (14.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (14.29%) Change Management
12 17 (11.04%) Programme Management
13 13 (8.44%) Decision-Making
14 11 (7.14%) ERP
14 11 (7.14%) ITIL
14 11 (7.14%) Project Governance
14 11 (7.14%) Resource Management
14 11 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 10 (6.49%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.60%) SQL
2 1 (0.65%) Bicep
2 1 (0.65%) Java
2 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (18.83%) Degree
2 24 (15.58%) PMP
3 21 (13.64%) PMI Certification
4 9 (5.84%) Security Cleared
5 8 (5.19%) CISSP
5 8 (5.19%) SC Cleared
6 5 (3.25%) AWS Certification
6 5 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (2.60%) CCNP
7 4 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.60%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.95%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.95%) CCNA
8 3 (1.95%) CISM
9 2 (1.30%) ACCA
9 2 (1.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (1.30%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.99%) QA
2 9 (5.84%) PMO
3 5 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.60%) GDPR
4 4 (2.60%) SLA
5 3 (1.95%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.65%) COBIT
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.65%) EMIR
6 1 (0.65%) GRC
6 1 (0.65%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.65%) NIST
6 1 (0.65%) P3O
6 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.65%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.65%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (13.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.09%) SAP
3 8 (5.19%) VMware
4 3 (1.95%) Facebook
5 2 (1.30%) Ariba
5 2 (1.30%) Databricks
5 2 (1.30%) Dynatrace
5 2 (1.30%) Google
5 2 (1.30%) IBM
5 2 (1.30%) Instagram
5 2 (1.30%) Laserfiche
6 1 (0.65%) Adobe
6 1 (0.65%) BT
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco
6 1 (0.65%) Citrix
6 1 (0.65%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.65%) Oracle
6 1 (0.65%) Progress
6 1 (0.65%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.65%) TikTok